Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.

'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.